Which of the following day was named to celebrate the release of Bipin Chandra Pal by the Swadeshi Leader of Tamil Nadu?

Which of the following day was named to celebrate the release of Bipin Chandra Pal by the Swadeshi Leader of Tamil Nadu? Correct Answer Swarajya Day

The correct answer is Swarajya Day.

Key Points

The Swadeshi Movement:

• Now known as the Make in India campaign was officially proclaimed on August 7, 1905, at the Calcutta Town Hall, in Bengal.
• The Boycott movement was also launched along with the Swadeshi movement. The movements included using goods produced in India and burning British-made goods.
• Bal Gangadhar Tilak encouraged Swadeshi and Boycott movement after the British government decided on the partition of Bengal.
• In 1900, Bengal was the major province in British India. The Indian national movement began in Bengal and thus, Britishers decided to part Bengal. 
• When Lord Curzon, then Viceroy of India, announced the partition of Bengal in July 1905, Indian National Congress, initiated the Swadeshi movement in Bengal.
• The Swadeshi movement was launched as a protest movement which also gave a lead to the Boycott movement in the country.
• In 1909, the movement spread across the country and people started anti-partition and anti-colonial movements.
• In Andhra Pradesh, the Swadeshi movement was also known as the Vandemataram movement.
• In 1910, many secret associations had been set up and there were many revolutionary movements, which were synonymous with the Swadeshi movement
• Later movements by Mahatma Gandhi from 1915, such as the Satyagraha movement, the Non-Cooperation movement, etc. were based on the Swadeshi movement.

SUBRAMANYA BHARATHIYAR: 

• He worked as a Tamil teacher at Madurai. He also served as an Assistant Editor of Swadeshimitram in 1904.
• In 1907, he participated in the Surat conference and supported the demand for Swaraj along with Tilak and Aurobindo. In April 1907, he became the editor of the Tamil weekly 'India.'
• In 1908, he organized a huge public meeting in Madras to celebrate Swaraj Day. 
• After the First World War, Bharathi entered British India near Cuddalore in November 1918 where he was arrested for giving evidence in a case that had been instituted by the British against Kappalotiya Thamizhan. He was released after 3 weeks in custody. He passed away on September 11, 1921. 

V O Chidambaram Pillai:

• He started his career as a lawyer in Tirunelvelli.
• He encouraged the formation of trade guilds and worker's associations.
• He was the founder of the Swadesi Dharma Sanga Weaving Association and Swadesi Co-operative Stores at Tuticorin.
• The Partition of Bengal had drawn him into politics.
• He organized a Coral mill strike in the town near the seashore that increased workers' wages and reduction of working hours.
• He followed the militant leader Lokmanya Tilak and preached his philosophy.  Charged with sedition, he was sentenced to forty years of imprisonment. 
• V O Chidambaram Pillai delivered stirring speeches and resolved to take out a mammoth procession on the morning of 9th March 1908 to celebrate the release of Bipin Chandra Pal from jail as Swarajya day. Hence, Option 3 is correct.